Is it rare to elide the final vowel if it is long?

1. What is the objective for teaching long vowels?
2. What are elisions in Latin?

What is the objective for teaching long vowels?

Objectives: Students will recognize and pronounce words that follow the c-v-c-e and v-c-e rule where the first vowel is a long vowel and the final e is silent. Students will be able to spell and write simple long vowel words with c-v-c-e and v-c-e spelling patterns.

What are elisions in Latin?

ELISON: If a word ends in a vowel (e.g. vento), or a vowel + m (e.g. vitam), AND the next word begins with a vowel or h, the vowel, and the m/h are not scanned and generally not pronounced. 1 This is called elision and is marked thus: vento et.